Tristan Demetrius

Tristan Demetrius (born 8 February 2005) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Belgian side Jong Gent.

Early life
Born in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, Demetrius' father died when he was three years old. His mother, Djalanta Brun, worked for the Haitian government in various embassies, and because of this, Demetrius left Haiti as a child, living in Belgium and the Dominican Republic. As a result he is multilingual, speaking Dutch, English, French and Spanish. In 2018, he moved to Costa Rica, the country where his maternal uncle, Anghedon Huguens Brun, had played football for Turrialba and Carmelita, as well as being capped by the Haitian national team.

Club career
Initially settling in Cartago, Demetrius trialled with local side Cartaginés, but was ultimately not offered a place in their academy. His other uncle, Shmerley Brun, took him to trial with both Deportivo Saprissa and Alajuelense on the same day, with both clubs showing interest in him. He went on to join the former in 2020, signing a professional contract in December of the same year, at the age of fifteen. Eight months after signing, he extended his deal with the club. He made his professional debut with the side on 16 September 2021, playing sixty minutes in a 1–1 draw with Guanacasteca before being replaced by David Ramírez.

Towards the end of the 2022–23 season, Saprissa announced that they had not ruled out selling Demetrius, who had attracted attention from Belgian Pro League side Gent, having trialled with the side in early 2023. He had not featured at all during the season, due to league rules stating that Costa Rican clubs could only have four registered foreign players, and Saprissa already had Argentine Mariano Torres, Cuban Luis Paradela, Jamaican Javon East and Panamanian Fidel Escobar registered.

On 26 July 2023, Gent confirmed that they had signed Demetrius, stating that he had already trained with the youth team, but had been unable to join in February 2023 due to his age.

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